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xiii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
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¿Quieres bajar de peso? Primero pierde tu peso emocional. Alejandro Chabán tenía sobrepeso de niño, sufrió de anorexia y bulimia de adolescente y trató desesperadamente de tener un cuerpo saludable. Luego de haber probado diferentes dietas y ejercicios, y a pesar de haber bajado de peso, él descubrió que en su mente seguía siendo gordo, aunque su cuerpo se veía diferente. Estos sentimientos lo llevaron a desarrollar técnicas para aceptar...
262) Fed up
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1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Narrated by Katie Couric, the film blows the lid off everything that was known about food and exercise, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public. Exposing the hidden truths contributing to one of the largest health epidemics in history, it follows a group of families battling to lead healthier lives and reveals why the conventional wisdom of 'exercise and eat right'...
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v, 209 pages : illustrations, portraits
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English
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"Fat Nation is a social history of obesity in the United States since the second World War. In confronting this familiar topic from a historical perspective, Jonathan Engel attempts to show that obesity is a symptom of complex changes that have transpired over the past half century to our food, our living habits, our life patterns, our built environments, and our social interactions. He offers readers solid grounding in the known science underlying...
265) Pete won't eat
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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English
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Pete the pig does not want to eat his slop, but cannot go out to play with his brother and sisters until he does.
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xxi, 261 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Delicious and healthful recipes from the popular blog TheWholeSmiths.com--fully endorsed by Whole30. As anyone who has successfully completed the Whole30 knows, the challenge can be figuring out how to eat for the other 335 days of the year. Michelle Smith, creator of the blog The Whole Smiths, has the answers. This cookbook, the first ever fully endorsed and supported by Whole30, offers a collection of 150 recipes to keep Whole30 devotees going...
269) Super Size Me
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarks on a journey to find out if fast food is making Americans fat. For 30 days he can't eat or drink anything that isn't on McDonald's menu; he must eat three square meals a day, he must eat everything on the menu at least once and supersize his meal if asked. He treks across the country interviewing a host of experts on fast food and a number of regular folk while downing McDonald's to try and find out why 37% of American...
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vii, 166 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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Presented in a chronological style, this book interweaves history and description of the historic Lewis and Clark expedition with discussions of their cooking methods. Includes recipes using food stuffs common in the 19th century, wild foods found along their journey, and some Native American foods.
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244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"The New York Times book critic gathers his literary chorus to capture the pure pleasure of reading and eating in this comic, soulful, semi-autobiographic treasure"--
The product of a lifetime of obsessive reading, eating, and every combination therein, Garner serves up the intertwined pleasures of books and food. He records the voices of great writers, alongside tales of his mayonnaise-laden childhood, his mind-opening marriage to a chef from a...
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Papercutz slices volume 3
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A parody of Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" that features the half human, half brand-name Percy Jerkson, along with his friends Rover and Bananabreath, as they eat only natural dairy foods and battle against the army of fast food giant McKronos and his legion of corporate Icons.
278) Green eggs and ham
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I can read it all by myself volume B-16
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62 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In verse, Sam-I-am tells of the virtues of green eggs and ham.
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291 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
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English
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"From an obesity and neuroscience researcher with a knack for engaging, humorous storytelling, The Hungry Brain uses cutting-edge science to answer the questions: why do we overeat, and what can we do about it? No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become overweight, and end up with a high risk of diabetes or heart disease -- yet two thirds of Americans do precisely that. Even though we know better, we often eat...
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